Helen’s Wood
Helen’s Wood is a forest in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Helen’s Wood is situated nearby to the locality Linklater, as well as near the hamlet Windwick.Places of Interest
Highlights include South Ronaldsay and Tomb of the Eagles.
South Ronaldsay
Photo: Nachosan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Ronaldsay is the most southerly of the Orkney Islands, with its main settlement at St Margaret's Hope, and a population in 2011 of 909. Burray just north has always been joined by a sandy spit to South Ronaldsay.
Tomb of the Eagles
Grassland
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The Tomb of the Eagles, or Isbister Chambered Cairn, is a Neolithic chambered tomb located on a cliff edge at Isbister on South Ronaldsay in Orkney, Scotland.
Cairns O‘ The Bu
Archaeological site
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Cairns O‘ The Bu is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandwick and Brough Ness.
Sandwick
Locality
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Sandwick is a parish on the west coast of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, 4 miles north of Stromness. The parish's name derives from the Old Norse Sandvík meaning "Sand Bay".
Herston
Hamlet
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Herston is a village on South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. Herston is historically a fishing village but its only industry to speak of is Herston Stained Glass, now that Herston Hikers Hostel is now inactive.
Helen’s Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.764° or 58° 45′ 50″ northLongitude
-2.9497° or 2° 56′ 59″ westOpen location code
9CCVQ372+H4OpenStreetMap ID
way 636096592OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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